人教英语必修五Warming Up Reading.pptVIP

1. Who defeats “King Cholera”? 2. What happened in 1854? 3. How many people died in 10 days? 4. Why is there no death at No. 20 and 21 Broad Street as well as at No. 8 and 9 Cambridge Street? Task 1 Fast reading Read the text and answer the following questions: 1. Who defeats “King Cholera”? 2. What happened in 1854? 3. How many people died in 10 days? 4. Why is there no death at No. 20 and 21 Broad Street as well as at No. 8 and 9 Cambridge Street? The disease of cholera hit London. Because these families had not drunk the water from the Broad Street pump. John Snow . More than 500. John Snow was an_______ doctor in London who _________ Queen Victoria as her personal __________. He thought about helping ordinary people _________ to cholera. Though the cause and the _____ of it were unknown, he wanted to face the _________ and solve this problem. expert attended physician exposed cure challenge Task 2 Careful reading Paragraph 1 Fill in the blanks. Paragraph 2 Make up a question: Which theory to believe in? Idea 1: Cholera multiplied in the air without reason. A cloud of dangerous gas floated around until it found its victims. Idea 2: People absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals. Paragraphs 34 1. John Snow finally proved the theory he believed by ________. A. gathering information with the help of a map B. looking into the source of the water for Broad Street and Cambridge Street C. separating those who suffered cholera from those who didn’t D. both A and B What did he do with the results of his enquiry? What valuable clue did he get about the cause of the disease? What might be the cause? He marked on a map the exact places where all the dead people had lived. Many of the deaths were near the water pump in Broad Street, while some houses had had no deaths. It seemed that the water was to blame for cholera. Why did he tell people to remove the handle from the pump? 2.What happened after the handle was removed? B